on this day
On this day in 1977 Alban Berg‘s Lulu premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in the as-yet incomplete 2 act version.
On this day in 1951 soprano Victoria de los Ángeles made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Marguerite
On this day in 1991 soprano Renée Fleming made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Countess Almaviva
On this day in 1885 W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered in London
Happy 81st birthday soprano Julia Migenes
On this day in 1857 Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra premiered in Venice
On this day in 1985 Giuseppe Sinopoli made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Tosca
Born on this day in 1892 soprano Dame Eva Turner
Born on this day in 1910 composer Samuel Barber
On this day in 1976 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Octavian
Happy 60th birthday mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves
Happy 39th birthday soprano Pretty Yende
On this day in 1959 Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck had its Metropolitan Opera premiere (in English)